Jesus, if you're listening, . . .

[LaMouffette]

now would be a REALLY good time to show up and kick some ass.

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A "den of thieves," indeed.

Like so many other DU posters today, I am feeling overwhelmingly depressed and disgusted that close to half of my countrymen and women have fallen under the spell of Donald J. Trump, the GOP (Greedy Old Pricks), and unbridled capitalism.

I believe people vote for the presidential candidate that reminds them most of themselves. If I'm right, oh my God, what that says about half the population of the US!

[BusyBeingBest]

1. ...

[LaMouffette]

3. Perfect!

Thank you for a much-needed chuckle!

[Tree-Hugger]

2. One of my favorite scenes.

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I love Jesus Christ Superstar. I looooove table-flipping Jesus.

[LaMouffette]

4. Me, too! Probably my favorite musical.

Watching this scene today is incredibly cathartic for me. I feel like flipping some tables, too!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

5. The flesh is weak...

Desperation invites propaganda to the dinner table. His supporters are realizing they are rapidly becoming the minority if not already there. They are afraid of the position they have never been and now find themselves. They need to bolster their numbers or they will become irrelevant their exceptionalism will wither, their power real or imagined vanishes. Lost in the past supported only by the remembrances of the glory days the world is not what it was before.

They wanted to follow their “Moses” to the supposed promised land of “the good ole days” where men were manly and everyone else knew their “place”.

[LaMouffette]

6. I agree.

And I think it's the rapidly fading American Dream that is fueling their desperation. Today's young adults only have a 50-50 chance of earning more money than their parents did at their age.

[link:https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/09/504989751/u-s-kids-far-less-likely-to-out-earn-their-parents-as-inequality-grows|

Destroying labor unions, moving production to cheaper labor markets abroad, unrelenting opposition to paying workers a living wage—all of these acts and more on the part of corporate America have resulted in historic economic inequality. And although the lower- and middle-income classes experience this firsthand, they have been duped into believing that corporate America is not to blame, oh, no, they are the "job creators"! So when they hear propaganda blaming job-stealing immigrants and liberal Democrats, they believe it. Amazing.